Blind Squirrel Backlot
Offline 156.236.84.27:28040 checked 27d ago
Players
Every five minutes, from the Steam server list.
Hourly average and peak, UTC.
Daily average and peak, UTC.
Server performance
48 hours: hourly readings. 30 to 90 days: one point a day, with the day's average and lowest fps, most entities and most memory, measured since 17 Sep. From asking the server directly; low fps and a climbing entity count mean lag.
Rank
Top 69% of all ranked servers. Ranked on player hours over the last seven days.
Wipe schedule
Next wipe Thursday 5 November, 19:00 UTC, in 7d 10h. The force wipe
Wipes
| Wiped | Peak | Crowd | Lasted | Players before |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| No wipe seen yet. | ||||
Peak: the most players in the first 48 hours. Crowd: whether every day of the wipe kept at least half that peak, or the day it fell below. A new world less than six hours after a wipe is a restart, not a wipe of its own.
Similar servers
The same kind of game, then region, group limit, rate and wipes.
Quick answers
From the figures on this page.
Rules and settings
What settings and rules does Blind Squirrel Backlot run?
The name of Blind Squirrel Backlot does not state a gather rate. 8 players per group is the default limit. The server runs survival, building, gathering and raiding in the standard game. Fighting and raiding other players is permitted. The server browser lists it under Community; it is a community server. VAC is on: Valve's anti-cheat is enabled.
Which map is in use on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Generated by the game, the procedural map of Blind Squirrel Backlot has size 4,250 and seed 913836496. From this page you can view the map on RustMaps; the same size and seed give the same map.
Tags
Where does Blind Squirrel Backlot appear among the Rust Server Index lists and filters?
The Rust Server Index lists that include Blind Squirrel Backlot are Community Rust servers, indexed. It appears under the following filters on the server list: Type: Community (not modded, not official) and No plugins at all; Server tag: Monthly ^m; Group limit: 5 or more; Wipe schedule: Monthly.
What is meant by the tags on Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Filed under these tags, as published by Blind Squirrel Backlot and read by the game's server browser: gmrust (Game mode): Survival on standard Rust rules; mp50 (Max players): 50 slots are available; ts8 (Group limit): The team limit is 8, as in the standard game; v2633 (Protocol): Joining needs you on game protocol 2633; cs165217 (Build): It runs build 165217; ptrak (Networking): Networking runs on RakNet, the game's default layer; $r? (Region code): A region code is absent; ^m (Monthly): The wipe schedule is monthly, alongside the Facepunch force wipe. The top of this page shows three items from the tags: players at present, queue and world creation time.
Wipe dates
How often is Blind Squirrel Backlot wiped, and on what schedule?
The estimate of Blind Squirrel Backlot's next wipe comes from the force wipe. Its next wipe falls on Thursday 5 November at 19:00 UTC, as the force wipe that reaches every Rust server. Its present world dates from 50 days 16 hours. A monthly wipe schedule is published in its tags.
Population
Where does Blind Squirrel Backlot sit in the rankings?
The seven-day player-hours ranking places Blind Squirrel Backlot at #16,408, among the top 69% of ranked servers.
How many players are on Blind Squirrel Backlot at the moment?
At present Blind Squirrel Backlot is offline; its last sighting was 27 days 17 hours ago.
Server details
What version does Blind Squirrel Backlot use?
Rust network protocol 2633 and build 165217, on Linux, is what Blind Squirrel Backlot runs. To join you need the same protocol; Steam handles the update.
Is Blind Squirrel Backlot reachable, and does it stay up?
Last seen 27 days 17 hours ago, Blind Squirrel Backlot is offline right now. Uptime for the last 7 full days came to 0%, 0 hours out of 168. The earliest sighting at Rust Server Index is 13 September 2026.
Where in the world is Blind Squirrel Backlot hosted?
Blind Squirrel Backlot gives no region at all. Rust Server Index takes the server's word for its location and does not look up the machine's position. Connection details: 156.236.84.27:28040.
How to join
What steps lead onto Blind Squirrel Backlot?
Enter client.connect 156.236.84.27:28040 in the console, opened with F1. Or join on this page with Launch Rust, which opens Rust through Steam and connects you.
Server tags
What each one means.
Published as mp50,ptrak,$r?,v2633,^m,gmrust,cs165217,ts8
Game
gmrust
mp50
ts8
v2633
cs165217
ptrak
$r?
Wipe schedule
^m
Players now (cp), the queue (qp) and the wipe time (born) are in the tag string too; they change every few minutes and are shown at the top of the page. Flag meanings are Facepunch's.